Mama Says Monday: Give Them An Oscar!!!

Now, first let me say that I like my normal life--just an ordinary, normal life. I don’t like lots of drama. However, having said that, I must secretly enjoy a little bit of drama, or I wouldn’t expose myself to so many hours of the Weather Channel. 

While all their “reporting” is meant to save lives, sometimes it just gets ridiculous. I have seen numerous times (probably 50 or more) the lesson of not venturing out in moving water. You know, the one where 1 foot can knock you off your feet, 3 ft. can move your car, 9 ft. can destroy buildings etc. Okay, I get it, I won’t be venturing out in raging flood waters. But tonight, on the Weather Channel, there stands a reporter in the street in moving water. What????? Apparently, they don’t listen to their own advice. Then the next reporter says he needs to get out of the rain, because of the lightening. Hmmm….smart reporter! 

 
The next reporter is standing in pouring rain, holding onto a pole because the wind is blowing so strong it is about to blow him down, the camera man is having to constantly wipe the lens of the camera. Okay, I realize there are a lot of people who are visual learners, but I don’t happen to be one in this case. It would be okay for me if you just point the camera out the door and say “The wind is blowing really hard and the rain is pouring down.” I don’t have to see you blowing down the street to know that the wind is strong.

And they tell us it’s dangerous to be out in the wind because of all the flying debris. The wind is blowing so hard that it blows paint off the buildings. But have I not seen reporters out in the wind, dodging all the flying palm fronds, the gutters off the buildings, and signs flying down the streets??? Just to show us how hard the wind is blowing???

Several years ago, again during the hurricane, I learned about the “Venturi effect” of the wind blowing thru two buildings. I saw the reporter step between two buildings and nearly get blown away, not once but numerous times. I got it the first time! The wind is much stronger when it must squeeze between two buildings that are close together. While it looks like lots of fun blowing in the wind, I, myself, don’t want to try it during a hurricane. All in the name of education and safety, of course!!!

And while they tell us how dangerous the storm is, it seems when it starts to slow down, those reporters are disappointed. I think some of them really want this particular storm (Irma) to come in at a “cat 5” storm. Maybe not, but they sure seem to sensationalize it all. I will get to a point where I will change channels just to get a less dramatic report. I do think if some of these reporters ever lose their jobs, there has got to be a place for them on some of the “soaps” or at least a Progressive Insurance advertisement with Flo.

I am writing this before the storm comes through. Irma is currently below the Keys. It does appear that it is coming this way, up the west coast of Florida. I am praying for safety for all of Floridians. I don’t know what the next few days will hold for us. But this I know, God is in control.